Final Broadcast Ratings: October 12, 2017

Thursday Night Football rules the Thursday night ratings, scoring a 4.6 rating in Adults 18-49 and grabbing 14.6 million viewers. That is slightly down from last week's game.

The CW premiered its Thursday night line, with SUPERNATURAL drawing 2.1 million viewers for its 13th opener. ARROW, on a new night, held onto 76% of its lead in viewership and 86% in the A18-49 demographic.

ABC still has a strong series in GREY'S ANATOMY, but SCNADAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER are both shedding viewers. From GREY'S to SCANDAL, viewership drops 36% and the A18-49 demo loses 40%. From SCANDAL to HTGAWM, viewership drops 24% and the demo loses another 17%.

NBC tops FOX for third, with a fairly consistent night in the ratings. GREAT NEWS drops between 40 and 50 percent of its lead in. WILL & GRACE drops another half million viewers and 15% in the demo from last week's numbers. CHICAGO FIRE is #2 in the 10 PM hour.

FOX just edges The CW for fourth place.

Final L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	5.70 million	1.0	1.4	1.8
CBS	13.40 million	2.5	4.2	4.9
CW	1.80 million	0.6	0.7	0.8
FOX	3.10 million	0.7	1.0	1.2
NBC	5.30 million	0.6	1.2	1.7

Time	Net	Program	P2*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	Grey's Anatomy	8.08	1.6	2.1	2.6
9:00	ABC	Scandal	5.00	0.7	1.2	1.6
10:00	ABC	HTGAWM	3.88	0.7	1.0	1.2
8:00	CBS	TNF Kickoff	6.96	1.5	1.8	2.2
8:15	CBS	TNF: Pre-Kick	9.28	2.2	2.5	3.0
8:30	CBS	TNF: PHI v CAR	14.59	3.8	4.6	5.4
8:00	CW	Supernatural (SP)	2.10	0.6	0.7	0.8
9:00	CW	Arrow (SP)	1.52	0.5	0.6	0.7
8:00	FOX	Gotham	2.75	0.6	0.9	1.0
9:00	FOX	The Orville	3.37	0.7	1.0	1.3
8:00	NBC	Superstore	4.33	0.6	1.1	1.5
8:30	NBC	The Good Place	4.05	0.7	1.2	1.6
9:00	NBC	Will & Grace	6.72	0.8	1.8	2.4
9:30	NBC	Great News	4.23	0.4	1.0	1.4
10:00	NBC	Chicago Fire	6.16	0.6	1.1	1.5

* - viewers in millions